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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 142
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David prays for preservation from his persecutors.
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<center><span class='small'>MASCHIL OF DAVID; A PRAYER WHEN HE WAS IN THE CAVE.</span></center>
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I cried</span> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> with my voice; with my voice unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> did I make my supplication.
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I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
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When my spirit was <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/142/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 77: 3.">overwhelmed</a> within me, then thou knewest my path.  In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/142/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 140: 5.">snare</a> for me.
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I looked on <i>my</i> right hand, and beheld, but <i>there was</i> no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/142/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apathy; TG Compassion.">cared</a> for my soul.
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I cried unto thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: I said, Thou <i>art</i> my refuge <i>and</i> my portion in the land of the living.
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Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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Bring my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/142/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Disembodied.">soul</a> out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
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